"You are a smart man," Damian started with an underlying smile that concealed some hidden intentions. "You knew even before coming here.""It’s quite hard," Leonardo said after a moment of silence, as Damian watched him intently. "To be viewed in a way that you’re not. Trust me when I say I don’t truly understand your intentions, Mr. Santoro," he said as Damian regarded him calmly, still with a smile."What if I said…" He rested his hand on the table, entwining his fingers. "I let you guys come to meet me because I want fewer people on Lucian’s side," he said, as if daring them. "What would you do? Return?" He raised a sarcastic brow, looking from one person to another."Of course not," Leonardo said. "We are always on the winning side.""I don’t trust people that betray their own for others," Damian picked up a glass of wine and sipped while looking at Leonardo. He had just been indirectly insulted, and Leonardo knew there was nothing he could do about it."We can’t go back to Lucian
“Guys…stop.” Guiseppe made to come in between them when he got a phone notification.“What the hell.” He breathed. “Guys you need to see this.” He quickly turned the phone to face them as Antonio eyes widened as if it dropped out of its ball socket while Leonardo brow creased in confusion as he stared at it.Took away the phone from Giuseppe as he stared at the screen. “He has strike.” He held the phone tightly and dropped his hand by his side.“He has given Lucian a huge blow. Thank God we turned to him in time.” He turned to look at Antonio with a menacing glare.“That doesn’t mean he won’t come for us next. With this on the headlines, it’s a matter of time before we are the next.” Antonio scowled in anger, pissed at Leonardo.“Your foolish self only thinking of what will happen, you never think about changing anything.” Leonardo eyed him dangerously and walked away.“Avoid Lucian as much as you can. That man has limited time in limelight. He might want to bring us down.” Leonardo
Damian stood in his office, gazing out of the window, his mind dwelling on a series of things.But what lingered most was Lucian’s fate. It was past 6 pm. He had left the office after receiving the call from Leonardo, a call that shook him.Then, there she was, the reason behind all of this. He watched as she gracefully exited her Porsche, then a knock came as if beckoning her.“Come in,” he said, but the voice that emerged sounded unfamiliar to him.As she entered, he heard the click of her heels on the floor, one... two... three... four... five... then it stopped."Your biggest threat is gone," she finally declared, while Damian stood in thought, contemplating what to say.Turning to her, a smile graced his face. “I saw the news,” he said, but she replied only with a smug smile.“You look quite happy for someone whose father is now in jail,” he added.“Do I?” She raised a brow and walked over to the desk, approaching Damian, who observed her every step.“He deserved it.”“I didn’t t
“What do you want? Ugh?” Zayd tried to put up a front even though he knew he was just a mere pawn in front of Ravenna. The bitch has the higher hand.“Don’t look so frightened dear prince, it will make me look like a bad person…..”She narrowed her eyes to Amir who stood like he was ready to charge at her with one command from his master.“We are partners.” She said with a cunning smile.“I wouldn’t trust a person that would easily betray her father.” Zayd said with a scoff.Ravenna laughed out loud and tuttered while pouting. “I wouldn’t say that, you see.” She feigned a sorry face. “We are not basically partners. If we check the advantage we have over each other, I have the upper hand.” He said as Zayd watched her like a frustrated lion who doesn’t have the privilege to pounce on its prey.“What do you want from me?” Zayd asked after a moment of silence.“Testify against my father.” She said.“What?” Zayd gave an incredulous chuckle.“You don’t what to?” She asked with a frown.“Why
“Why the hell did you call us here?” Antonio asked with a grumpy look as his driver opened the limousine and he walked out in the garage of the jail house as Leonardo stood by his car as if he has been waiting for them. “Not only you. Giuseppe too. Something urgent came up.” Leonardo hissed as he took a quick glance at his wristwatch. “Why the hell is Giuseppe not here? Doesn’t he know what SOS means?” He asked in frustration as Antonio sighed, obviously pissed that Leonardo had called him urgently, making him cut off the good time he was having with his sluts.“Did you bring us here to see Lucian?” He asked again as the impatience on Leonardo face grew even though he was putting on a shade. He has always been the most handsome amongst the three. And the smartest.And you can also add the craziest. He’s not the most sweetest when he is mad.“Yes.” He replied curtly.“Right after his conviction yesterday. Why? We didn’t even attend his trial-““Shut up. Just fucking shut up! Turn the
The metal sound of the cell door unlocking startled Lucian out of his thoughts as he watched the warden walked into the single room he stayed while in the cell. He frowned slightly as the Warden approached him, with two other uniformed men.“Stand.” The warden commanded with a stern look on his face as Lucian stared at him in confusion.He dong normally use that kind of tone with him.“What is it?” Lucian asked as he stood up from the single bed he laid on, as he looked from one person to another suspiciously.“You don’t get to question me in here. This is my territory.” The warden eyed him dangerously as Lucian started to frown. He wanted to question him back but the men at his back shouldn’t know he was bribing the warden to get preferential treatment.Lucian eyed the two other men who stood at ease, not sparing him a glance as he looked for way to move close to the warden to try to communicate.As he started to move close to him, the warden’s stone cold face was unwavering as he w
“Come on, newbie. Go to bed. You look like a shadow of yourself.” The first one joked as the rest roared into a laugher as they all climbed on their bed.“I don’t…,,”Lucian made to say to one of them but none paid heed to him as he just watched.This was driving him crazy. How could things turn out like this? Just what the hell was happening. He just couldn’t grasp.Then he took his place on the bare floor and rested his head back on the wall, his legs crouched up as he wrapped his hands around the legs, now taking notice of how cold and damp the cell was.“Ravenna….”he seethed under his breath as the cold crept more and more. “You’ll be out soon, Lucian. Let’s just endure this for while.” He muttered to himself as he stared at the other inmate who were now snowing, with a light clothing used as their duvet.He might be Lucian kings outside here, but in here he was just a pitiful new inmate who didn’t dare challenge anyone.He wasn’t sure when he slept off as he sat there, but then
“Get your filthy hands off me, you bastard!” Lucian spat angrily as he shrugged Damian’s away from his shoulder.“Mind your language!” The warden roared as he stood up abruptly glaring dangerously at Lucian as Damian watched them for a while then burst into laugher as if a comedy was being played in front of him.Lucian turned a helpless gaze back to Damian who shook his head innocently.“Don’t look at me like that. I didn’t give the command.” He said, his eyes glittering as he stared at Lucian who grew helpless as the minute went by.“But I will advise you to obey his command. Frances gets testy once in a while and I, sometimes don’t know what to do to put him in check.” He said calmly as If none of this was his business.“What do you want?” Lucian asked in a calm tone that hide malice.“You would regret you spoke to me sarcastically if you hear my preposition.” Damian said again as Lucian regarded him for a while.“So?” Damian asked with a smile. But he didn’t wait to hear a respon